Introductions

• Basic Behavior Foundation
• The Medical Connection to Behavior
• Pharmaceutical Intervention

Discussion & Solutions for Selected Problems

• Barking: Types; Use of Positive Interrupt; Redirecting; Teaching "Quiet Please"
• Digging: Management; Reinforcing the "Dig Box"; Teaching "Go Dig"
• Jumping up: Removing all reinforcements; reinforcing alternatives
• Hard Mouth: Teaching bite inhibition, managing hard mouth behavior
• Escaping: Management techniques.
• Leash Pulling/Leash Grabbing: Variable click & treat to focus on handler not environment; short intense play time to defuse excess energy.

More Problem Behaviors (PBOTA) & Solutions

• Housetraining: Dealing with not-normal house soiling behaviors
• Predatory Behavior: counter conditioning to modify "fun-chase" association; teach operant response to interrupt chase, use of Premack
• Crating Woes: Modifying fear of crates, inappropriate use of crates, crate-soiling
• Canine Obsessive Compulsive Disorders (OCD's): Causes and types of OCD's; Modification programs; Pharmaceutical intervention.
• Fears, Anxieties, Phobias: Diagnoses, prevention, desensitization & counter conditioning, operant conditioning

Selected Case Histories (from forms filled out in advance by seminar attendees); Plus Q & A.

Opening Overview of Aggression; Modification Choices;

• Operant/Classical
• CAT (Constructional Aggression Treatment)
• CC&D (Counter Conditioning & Desensitization)
• BAT (Behavior Adjustment Training)

Role of Stress in Aggressive Behaviors; Strategies for Stressors:

• Eliminate
• Medical Evaluation
• Prevent exposure
• Counter conditioning/operant conditioning

• Fear Based: scrupulous management of environment for dog's security during modification / perhaps always.
• Idiopathic: ("rage"--unknown origin): rare and rarely treatable.
• Interdog: Based on social hierarchies; teaching operant response to cues for deference; classical conditioning re: good things happen with other dogs.

Classifications of Aggression & Modification / Management Options (continued)

• Maternal: Pups can learn by observing mother's aggressions.
• Play: From rough-housing with dogs or humans; close supervision; when to interrupt escalation; matching of play styles.
• Possession: Manage environment; remove all triggers; 10 point multi-week exercises for food and all desirables-the "Trade Game"
• Predatory: (see Day 1: 1 to 2:30pm session).

Framework for a Typical Client Consult & Consult Follow-up: Selected Case Histories (from forms filled out in advance by seminar attendees); Plus Q & A.

PAT MILLER, a past President of APDT, has been training dogs for more than 35 years. She was a humane officer at the Marin Humane Society in California for 20 years and most recently trains as a CPDT and behavior consultant at her Peaceable Paws Dog and Puppy Training Center in Maryland, home to her acclaimed Intern Academies.

Pat writes for, and is Training Editor, of The Whole Dog Journal and contributes to Your Dog (published by Tufts University Veterinary School). Her first dog training book, The Power of Positive Dog Training (Howell Book House, 2001) has been on Amazon.com's "Top 10 Dog Training Books" list since January of 2002. Her other books are: Positive Perspectives, Positive Perspectives 2, Play With Your Dog, and last Fall's: "Do Over Dogs-Give Your Dog a Second Chance for a First Class Life".

DOG STUFF
We will not be permitterd to have dogs in the meeting room.

PARKING
There will be ample parking at the seminar location.

PEOPLE ETIQUETTE
During the lectures, please turn off all cell phone and pager audio alerts. Please take all private conversations outside while the speakers are presenting.

BABIES
The presence of a baby is likely to be distracting to other participants, so we ask that you refrain from bringing any babies or very young children into the lecture hall.

VIDEOTAPING
No videotaping or audiotaping, please.

BOOKS & DVDS, ETC. FOR SALE
A selection of books & videos will be available for sale.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Thursday, April 19, 2012

REFUND POLICY
A full refund (excluding food orders) will be issued if requested before Wednesday, April 18. No refunds or credits issued after 12:00 pm on Friday, April 20. All refunds must be requested by email or phone. There are no exceptions to this policy.

New York State Thruway (I 87) to Exit 19 Kingston (91 miles north of New York City or 51 miles south of Albany, NY). After toll, stay to the farthest right at the round-about, and follow signs for Route 28 to Route 209. After about 1/4 mile on Route 28 go through one light and almost immediately thereafter take Route 209 South in the direction of Ellenville. Stay on Route 209 South for exactly 13 miles, and just past Sparrow Hawk Bed and Breakfast, you will come to Rondout Valley Animals for Adoption on the right. Seminar will be held in the large blue training building closest to the road.

For registration inquiries, contact:
email: events@puppyworks.com